Watertown Public Schools Fiscal Year 2019 Superintendent’s Recommended Budget Presentation to The Budget and Finance Subcommittee of the Watertown School Committee
Watertown Public Schools is committed to providing each child in Watertown with a high- quality, engaging educational experience that is designed to meet each student at their appropriate level of challenge. We provide students with a robust education so they will acquire, apply, and practice knowledge and skills for lifelong learning. 3/16/2018 2
WPS Strategic Objectives • Provide all students with a rigorous, relevant, standards-based curriculum throughout our core instructional program • Increase student engagement, agency, and authorship over their own learning in an inclusive educational community • Ensure effective communication among families, students, staff, and the greater community to increase student learning • Establish effective systems of support and allocate resources to maximize organizational success 3/16/2018 3
WPS FY’19 Budget Goals • Support educators’ instructional practice to meet the needs of all students • Create systems of support to achieve the District’s strategic objectives • Ensure that existing programs and initiatives continue to the point of being sustainable well into the future 3/16/2018 4
Support educators’ instructional practice to meet the needs of all students Provide ongoing and embedded professional development in the following areas: Balanced Literacy Math in Focus Science Strategies, interventions, and accommodations in an inclusive learning environment Strengthen Tier I instruction through the use of mentors, coaches, and peers Create fully developed curriculum maps and accompanying units to provide consistency and coherence across grades and buildings Implement Standards-based Report Cards, Grades K-5 3/16/2018 5
Create systems of support to achieve the District’s strategic objectives Explore scheduling changes at all levels to enhance learning and maximize resources and efficiency Create and train teams to explore relevant data and to provide data in useable formats to educators Leverage communication systems to engage parents as partners with our schools Streamline existing systems to eliminate redundancy and increase retrieval of and access to information Develop and implement a comprehensive PK-12 Multi-Tiered System of Support Maintain appropriate and effective class sizes that are responsive to the fluctuations in enrollment among the three elementary schools as well as the secondary schools 3/16/2018 6
Ensure that existing programs and initiatives are sustainable well into the future Continue implementation of ongoing district initiatives for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Foreign Language in the Elementary School Fine and Performing Arts programs and STEAM initiatives Later start times Social Emotional Learning curriculum adoption Universal screening and progress monitoring assessment system Curriculum mapping, K-12 Project-Based Learning at the Secondary Level Expanded use of PowerSchool Maintain WPS facilities and infrastructure to provide an excellent educational environment Support the Building for the Future initiative 3/16/2018 7
FY’19 District Budget Drivers • Maintaining class size commitments • Adjusting staffing to accommodate enrollment shifts • Meeting all collective bargaining obligations • Accommodating later start for Watertown High School and Middle School • Adjusting for projected decreases in available grant funds • Adjusting for projected decreases in revenue offsets • Maintaining budget increases within Town Council and Town Manager guidelines 3/16/2018 8
FY2019 Budget Process Overview Establish Budget Priorities Develop “Roll - Up” Budget and Present to Subcommittee Distribute Budget Guidelines and Priorities to School and District Leaders Budget Managers develop and submit Budget Requests to Superintendent Budget Managers meet with District Leadership to review Budget Requests School and district leadership team review and priorities budget requests Superintendent develops and presents Recommended Budget Budget and Finance Subcommittee reviews and deliberates Recommended Budget School Committee deliberates and adopts School Committee Budget 3/16/2018 9
FY2019 Budget Calendar September February Budget & Finance reviews Budget Calendar Roll-up budget shared with School Committee • • October Budget & Finance reviews tuitions and fees • School Committee sets tuitions and fees for subsequent fiscal School Committee approves Budget Calendar • • year Preliminary Budget Overview by Town Manager • March November Superintendent’s Recommended Budget presented to Budget • Budget Managers and Central Office review budget process • and Finance Budget & Finance reviews proposed Budget Priorities • Budget and Finance deliberates Superintendent’s • Town Council adopts Budget Policy Guidelines Recommended Budget • April Preparation of Roll-up budget begins • December Superintendent’s Recommended Budget presented to School • Committee School Committee approves Budget Priorities • School Committee holds Public Hearing on Budget • Departments submit budget to Central Office • School Committee votes on Budget • January May Budget managers meet with Central Office to discuss budget • proposals School Committee Presents School Committee Adopted • Budget to Town Council Roll-up budget presented to Budget & Finance • June District Leadership Team reviews and prioritizes budget • requests Town Council vote on School Committee Adopted Budget • 3/16/2018 10
District Demographics Source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 3/16/2018 11
Enrollment by School and Grade Source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 3/16/2018 12
Enrollment Projections 3/16/2018 13
Enrollment Projections Source: DecisionInsite 3000 2750 2500 2250 2000 1750 1500 1250 1000 750 500 250 0 PK - 5 Gr 6 - 8 Gr 9 - 12 Total 3/16/2018 14
Students Generated by Proposed Residential Developments (Conservative scenario) Source: DecisionInsite 3/16/2018 15
Proposed Dwelling Units Within Watertown Public Schools Source: DecisionInsite 3/16/2018 16
Summary of Budgetary Changes FY'19 Level FY'19 FY'19 FY'18 Service Recommended Departmental Adopted FY'19 Roll-Up Budget Budget Requests Budget Budget Total Budget Amount 45,751,858 47,666,244 47,624,952 48,013,523 48,315,852 % Change 4.2% -0.1% 0.8% 0.6% Cumulative % Change 4.2% 4.1% 4.9% 5.5% $ Change 1,914,386 -41,292 388,571 302,329 Cumulative $ Change 1,914,386 1,873,094 2,261,665 2,563,994 3/16/2018 17
FY’19 Recommended Budget Summary by Object Code FY2019 % CHG FY2018 FY2019 LEVEL $ CHG % CHG $ CHG '18 TO FY2019 ADOPTED ROLL-UP $ CHG % CHG SERVICE '18 T0 '19 '18 TO '19 '18 TO '19 '19 RECOMMENDED BUDGET BUDGET '18 TO '19 '18 TO '19 BUDGET LEVEL SVC LEVEL SVC BUDGET REC'D REC'D Professional Salaries 29,361,980 30,485,177 1,123,198 3.8% 30,514,956 1,152,977 3.9% 30,762,208 1,400,229 4.8% Clerical Salaries 914,344 994,688 80,345 8.8% 974,967 60,624 6.6% 958,555 44,212 4.8% Other Salaries 6,468,215 6,316,887 (151,327) -2.3% 6,322,387 (145,827) -2.3% 6,216,922 (251,293) -3.9% Contract Services 3,408,287 3,536,957 128,670 3.8% 3,716,344 308,057 9.0% 3,725,344 317,057 9.3% Supplies & Materials 2,420,838 2,543,245 122,407 5.1% 2,429,999 9,161 0.4% 2,621,196 200,358 8.3% Other Expenditures 3,178,195 3,789,289 611,094 19.2% 3,666,297 488,102 15.4% 3,729,297 551,102 17.3% Grand Total 45,751,858 47,666,244 1,914,385 4.2% 47,624,952 1,873,093 4.1% 48,013,523 2,261,665 4.9% 3/16/2018 18
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